11 Stores Burglarized In A 2-block Stretch

August 28, 1996|By John K. Long.

LAKE ZURICH — After responding to a burglar alarm at an area business over the weekend, Lake Zurich police found that 10 other businesses along a two-block stretch of South Rand Road also had been burglarized.

Police checking the alarm at Life's A Beach, 103 S. Rand Rd., at 4 a.m. Sunday found that the rear steel door of the business had been pried open.

Officers checked the area and found 10 other businesses with their doors either opened or damaged either late Saturday or early Sunday. Three businesses reportedly had visible damage to their doors, but were not opened, police said.

Authorities said that eight of the 11 stores had money stolen, but the other three reported nothing missing. The stores were still preparing loss estimates Tuesday.